"backtrack" meaning in English

See backtrack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbæk.træk/ Audio: en-us-backtrack.ogg [US] Forms: backtrack [canonical], backtracks [third-person, singular], backtracked [past], backtracked [past, participle], backtracking [present, participle]
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  1. If you backtrack, you retrace one's steps.
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  2. If you backtrack, you repeat or review work that is already done.
    Sense id: simple-backtrack-en-verb-s8m3-p-9
  3. If a plane backtracks, it taxis down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
    Sense id: simple-backtrack-en-verb-KryKmt9H Categories (other): Aviation
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